Gran Canaria Weather and Climate
Gran Canaria is reguarded as having a year round spring. The fluctuation between summer and winter temperatures is only around 7 degrees. The central high mountain gives regional differences in the weather. The coast areas especially the south coast is dryer and in the inland areas you get more cloud.
The temperature high on the moutain can drop to freezing in Winter with falls of snow, at the same time people are sunbathing on the coast.
Gran Canaria Average Climate
Temperatures in C |
Ja | Fe | Mr | Ap | Ma | Jn | Jl | Au | Se | Oc | No | De |
Average temp Gran Canaria |
21 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 22 |
Average temp London |
6 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 7 |
Average daily hours of sun |
6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
Gran Canaria Current weather
The island is only 210km west of the Western Sahara desert, making the climate much warmer in winter than in Britain.